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Hey paddlers! An excellent site for you with lots of cool paddling info.
Bring all this stuff and you'll have a good paddling trip in the wilderness.
| STEEL WIRE | I always bring some steel wire in my canoe just in case something breaks. Steel wire is great for fixing stuff. | |
| TARP | As any paddler knows, a tarp is incredibly useful. You can make a simple shelter with it to sleep under. I normally don't bring a tent with me, I just sleep under the stars. But once in a while the weather turns ugly and then that tarp is real good to have around. | |
| MULTI PURPOSE TOOL | Whatever brand you choose make sure it's of high quality. The stores are full of cheap junk, get a good one, it could mean the difference between life an death. | |
| FISH NET | A great survival item to bring is a small fish net. It's ridiculously easy to catch fish with a net. It's illegal almost everywhere so only use it in case of an emergency. | |
| STOVE | The Stratus Trailstove is as close as you can get to the perfect back packing stove. It's very light, very cheap, and very dependable. What kind of fuel? Well wood of course, what other fuel is there in the woods, or did you want to carry some type of fuel with you? | |
| DUCT TAPE | I love duct tape, I think it's one of the greatest achievements of our civilization. Just imagine where we would be without duct tape. | |
| RUBBING ALCOHOL | It's a bit heavy and you probably won't need it but in case you do it's very good to have to disinfect a wound or start a very hard to start fire. You don't need to bring a lot, a few ounces will do just fine. |
HOW TO MAKE EMERGENCY SNOWSHOES
1. FIND BRANCHES. Cut down two thickly vegetative branches 2-3 ft long (60-90 cm) from a fir or similar tree.
2. TIE STRING. Tie a string about 2 ft long (60 cm) around the base of the branch at a branching near the cut off end, in the branch.
3. TIE STRING AGAIN. Tie string again around the base but on the opposite side of the branching. This ensures that the string is fixed in any direction.
4. ATTACH TO SHOE. Tie string to the front of your shoe. Make sure it goes through the front shoe lace threading holes. Make sure all ends and sides of the branch are pointing up away from the ground.
5. ANGLE. Your shoe should be able to flip up to an angle of around 30 degrees. This is very important, the snowshoes must pivot around your toes and drag in the back. If the snow shoes don't pivot the front ends will go into the snow and you can't move forwards.
6. WALK. If you have done everything right you will be able to walk on the snow with your emergency snowshoes.
Cottonwood Falls, KS
On November 12, 1996, legislation was passed creating Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. A new superintendent was assigned to the site in February 1997, and planning activities for the preserve are now underway.
The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will be a new kind of national park. It is approximately 11,000 acres in size, but most of that land will remain under the ownership of the National Park Trust, which purchased the land in 1994. The National Park Service will own up to 180 acres, yet the legislation calls for the entire acreage to be managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the National Park Trust.
CONTACTS
Email - TAPR_Interpretation@nps.gov
Fax- 620-273-6099
Write to
P.O. Box 585
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
Phone
Ranch Visitor Center - 620-273-8494
Headquarters -
Admin - 620-273-6034
Park Superintendent - 620-273-8494
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